Orhan Gürel

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• Orhan Gürel

  Who is Orhan Gürel? Orhan Gürel, who allows us to boldly jump into the increasing gaps between the reality people live in and the existing reality, is a painter who makes all images transparent by feeding them with water. Sections from Orhan Gürel's life story are as follows: Born in Sivas in 1952, the artist completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara and attended the School of Financial Sciences and Accounting. He started painting during his high school years with the encouragement of his teacher Eşref Üren. He switched to watercolor in 1987. Gürel creates soft and poetic paintings while preserving the transparent texture of watercolor. The artist, who keeps his workshop open to all those who love painting, says that his aim is to make watercolor painting known and appreciated in our country. Orhan Gürel, a member of the United Painters and Sculptors Association and the Watercolor Painters Group, has works in many collections at home and abroad (USA, England, Turkmenistan, Italy). “In Orhan Gürel's paintings, we boldly jump into the ever-increasing gaps between the reality people live in and the existing reality. We get lost in the transparent clouds formed by water, the iridescent sea that collects all the light of the day, and all kinds of pictorial and vital elements scattered throughout the landscape. Gürel makes all images transparent by feeding them with water. The colors mixed together carry everything he wants to put on paper to a pure world, far from complexity. “He translates his love for people and nature into his own language.” PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 1988 Ankara Governorship Art Gallery / Ankara 1989 Hacettepe University Art Gallery / Ankara 1990 Hacettepe University Art Gallery / Ankara 1992 Gallery Z/Ankara 1993 Gallery Z / Ankara 1994 Gallery Z / Ankara 1995 Sevgi Art Gallery / Ankara 1996 Desti Art Gallery / Ankara 1997 Sevgi Art Gallery / Ankara 1998 Desti Art Gallery / Ankara 1999 Sevgi Art Gallery / Ankara 2000 A Studio / Ankara 2001 Hacettepe University Art Gallery / Ankara 2002 Gallery Lavi /Ankara 2002 Altamira Art Gallery /Mersin 2003 T&G Art Art Gallery 2003 Bakraç Art Gallery / Istanbul 2003 13. Tüyap (Love Art Gallery) / Istanbul 2004 An-art Art Gallery / Ankara 2005 Sevgi Art Gallery /Ankara 2006 Sevgi Art Gallery / Istanbul 2006 Jazz Now Art Gallery / Bodrum 2007 Bakrac Art Gallery / Istanbul 2009 Sevgi Art Gallery / Istanbul

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